weird keyboard problem.

wonton

so right, not really sure what is going on here at all and it's not exactly a massive deal , but the @ button on my keyboard seems to only work when I hold it down for a few seconds, its just really really annoying:pac:


but the weird thing is when im using the swedish keyboard the problem switches to a different button, so it seems like its not actually a fault of the button itself but something internal


is there a way to just restore the setting on the language for the keyboard as it sounds like something like that would help?

Sup08

Try uninstall the keyboard through device manager. Restart the PC and see if that helps.

wonton

Dammit, thought it workd there as when the enter password screen came up for windows after I uninstalled it, it worked but didnt after I logged in. just doesnt make any sense to me .

Sup08

Next time try uninstall the drivers if you get a dialog box and restart.

wonton

done both of them and still nothing:(

fionny

Is it connected with PS2 or USB?

wonton

nope aint connected to anything.

fionny

wonton wrote: »

nope aint connected to anything.

It has to be connected via one of the 2:

PS/2 looks like this:

wonton

sorry I should have mentioned im on a laptop.


thought you said to not with, my bad

Sup08

OK, if it's a laptop try and get hold of a PC keyboard (USB Connection) and try it in one of the USB ports on your laptop and see if you get the same result.
Post back result. Also make and model of the laptop.

wonton

cheers for the replies, tried a different keyboard and its the same deal with that one.

Its a hp pavilion g series.


I think the probelm started while I was add and looking at other region keyboards, but seeing as I reinstalled them and that it works on the enter password screen, this is really

Sup08

Ok, Just check and see if you can do a system restore to a point before you started to install the other keyboard versions.
Did you check this?

Control Panel ---> Ease of Access Center ---> Set up Filter keys and Click the Turn on Filter keys Check box.

wonton

The filter keys thing didnt seem to do anything , will try the system restore tomorrow after I back everthing. been a while since I back stuff up and I always seem to have bad luck with stuff like this even when I *think* nothing should be lost or anything

thanks

Sup08

This is not a system complete reset. None of your files will be lost.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/products/features/system-restore

follow this and see if there is a restore point that suits. You do not have to back up doing this.